OUR PLAN TO GET WORKING Jobs for Young Queenslanders

A -led Liberal National Government will provide up to 20,000 jobs for young Queenslanders, reduce the cost of working for young apprentices and incentivise businesses to train and retain young jobseekers.

The LNP believes that the best way to provide security Our Real Plan for families in Queensland is a job. Unemployment and deteriorating economic conditions lead to many other A Tim Nicholls-led LNP Government will implement our plan societal problems including escalating crime, increased to Get Queensland Working, with targeted support for small substance abuse and mental health issues. businesses and workers that lead to jobs and opportunities for young Queenslanders. Our plan includes: The Problem 1. Queensland Apprenticeship Boost Providing a $5000 incentive for Queensland The greatest risk young Queenslanders face today is job businesses who take on a new apprentice from insecurity. beginning to end. This boost will provide up to 10,000 The problem with Labor is that they are good at talking, but new apprentices over four years. not doing. They promised to create jobs for Queenslanders, 2. Tools for Tradies but all they have done is create additional bureaucracies $500 voucher for tradies who complete their which waste time and money and don’t achieve real apprenticeship to get the tools they need to get outcomes. working. This will provide tools to 20,000 tradies over Instead of leading the way in job creation and job security, four years to help them get ahead. we are falling behind the other states. Debt continues to 3. Job Start Incentive head towards $80 billion, youth unemployment in some $4000 grants over 12 months to assist small parts of Queensland is over 20% and in 2016 business businesses with recruitment and start-up costs investment fell by 23% meaning less jobs. for eligible young Queenslanders (15-24) who are Youth unemployment is only getting worse under Labor unemployed and not enrolled in full-time education and Employment Minister Grace Grace said that it was ‘not or training. This will provide businesses incentives to new’ and there is ‘not much you can change’. employ up to 10,000 young Queenslanders over four years. Labor’s softly, softly approach is failing Queenslanders. Doing nothing is not working and the economy is hurting. 4. Employment Bonus Thanks to the stewardship of the LNP, WorkCover Queensland is in a strong financial position. A bonus to Our Record encourage businesses who employ eligible participants In government, the LNP made strong progress in providing under the Apprenticeship Boost and Job Start Incentive real pathways to jobs for our kids. We increased funding will be provided to further encourage businesses to for vocational education and training and we empowered train and retain young Queenslanders. After 12 months industry so that we are training our young people for the of continuous employment of each eligible participant, high-quality jobs our economy needs. employers will have that workers’ wages excluded as part of the next year’s premium calculation. While a lot was achieved, there is still a lot more to do and we need to build on that platform to Get Queensland Working.

To learn more about Our Plan visit www.timnicholls.com.au OUR PLAN TO GET QUEENSLAND WORKING Frequently Asked Questions Have Labor increased apprentice numbers in Queensland? Has the participation rate increased under Labor and No. The National Centre for Vocational Education how does this impact young jobseekers? Research shows that for the first 12 months of the No. Sadly, the participation rate has gone backwards Palaszczuk Labor Government, there were 2600 less under , by almost 4% in the first Queenslanders who started training and 7100 less two years of the Labor Government. This means that Queenslanders who completed training compared to the situation is so bad that more than 20,000 young the same period in 2014 under the LNP. jobseekers have simply given up looking for work. Labor’s only jobs plan seems to be ex-political hacks or How will the Queensland Apprenticeship Boost be union bosses – or in the case of Environment Minister administered? Steven Miles - his own job. This commitment is based on the premise that industry creates and provides jobs and opportunities Have Labor created any new jobs for young for Queenslanders. Similar to the previous program Queenslanders? in existence under the LNP, the Queensland No. In the first two years of the Palaszczuk Labor Apprenticeship Boost will be administered through Government more than 10,000 young Queenslanders guidelines which provide the eligibility process for aged 15-24 lost their jobs, including almost 30,000 full employers and the process of administering the time jobs. program.

What is the minimum number of hours of engagement for a young Queenslander under the Job Start Incentive? The minimum number of engagement for a worker under this program is 15 hours per week.

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To learn more about Our Plan visit www.timnicholls.com.au